'''1868--'''Grant County was created from Dona Ana County.&nbsp; '''County seat: '''Silver City <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

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*Up until '''1821''' -&nbsp; [[New Spain]] controlled land that later would become New Mexico and Arizona. Some records of early settlers may have been sent to an [http://www.mcu.es/archivos/MC/AGI/index.html archives] in Seville, Spain, or to [[Mexico Archives and Libraries|archives]] in Mexico City. <br>

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*From 1821 until '''1846''' -&nbsp;[[Mexico]] had jurisdiction over the land that later would become New Mexico and Arizona. Some records of this period may have been sent to [[Mexico Archives and Libraries|archives]] in Mexico City. Starting in 1846 United States forces occupied New Mexico during the {{wpd|Mexican-American War}}. <br>

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*'''1848''' -&nbsp; Part of the land that became Grant County formally became a part of the United States when the Mexican-American War ended with ratification of the {{wpd|Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo}}.<br>

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*'''1855''' -&nbsp; The {{wpd|Gadsden Purchase}} of Mexican land was added to '''Doña Ana County''', New Mexico, part of which later became the southern part of '''Grant County'''.

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*'''1868--'''Grant County was created 30 January 1868 from [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico|Doña Ana]] County.<ref name="HBG" />

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==== Neighboring Counties ====

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*[[Catron County, New Mexico|Catron]]

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*[[Greenlee County, Arizona|Greenlee County, Arizona]]

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*[[Hidalgo County, New Mexico|Hidalgo]]

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*[[Luna County, New Mexico|Luna]]

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*[[Sierra County, New Mexico|Sierra]]

== Resources ==

== Resources ==

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{{Census|New Mexico}}

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LDS Ward and Branch Records

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*Gila

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*Hachita

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*Silver City

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For a comprehensive death index of over 75,000 death records for Grant County, visit Carl W. Scholl [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nma/carlscholl.htm Grant County New Mexico Death and Cemetery Records]. Sources used to create this index include cemeteries, church records, death certificates (state and local copies), funeral home records, mining records, mortuary records, obituaries, and voter purge records.<br>

== Societies and Libraries ==

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*[[Silver City New Mexico Family History Center]]

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**Silver City, New Mexico<br>

== Web Sites ==

== Web Sites ==

*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

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*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=205570&subject_disp=New+Mexico%2C+Grant&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]

County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage records from 1872, probate records from 1884, land records from 1871, and newspapers from 1900; District Court Clerk has divorce Records; Municipal Court has court records.[1]

History

Parent County

Up until 1821 - New Spain controlled land that later would become New Mexico and Arizona. Some records of early settlers may have been sent to an archives in Seville, Spain, or to archives in Mexico City.

From 1821 until 1846 - Mexico had jurisdiction over the land that later would become New Mexico and Arizona. Some records of this period may have been sent to archives in Mexico City. Starting in 1846 United States forces occupied New Mexico during the Mexican-American War.

1848 - Part of the land that became Grant County formally became a part of the United States when the Mexican-American War ended with ratification of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

1855 - The Gadsden Purchase of Mexican land was added to Doña Ana County, New Mexico, part of which later became the southern part of Grant County.

1868--Grant County was created 30 January 1868 from Doña Ana County.[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Grant County, New Mexico Genealogy census records online, see: New Mexico Census.

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

Gila

Hachita

Silver City

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

For a comprehensive death index of over 75,000 death records for Grant County, visit Carl W. Scholl Grant County New Mexico Death and Cemetery Records. Sources used to create this index include cemeteries, church records, death certificates (state and local copies), funeral home records, mining records, mortuary records, obituaries, and voter purge records.